Top 100 Courses in the U.S
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TOP 100 COURSES IN THE U.S. 2020/2021 When it comes to course design, it’s the ultimate badge of honor: a spot on GOLF’s biennial rank of the best courses in America. This year, we welcome a record 17 new entries—and beauty you won’t find anywhere else. T OP 1OO COURSE S in THE U.S. 202020 2021 BY GOLF’S COURSE RATINGS PANEL AND RAN MORRISSETT, ARCHITECTURE EDITOR 101 TOP 100 COURSES IN THE U.S 2020 / 2021 2020-21 COURSE NAME, CITY, STATE, AVERAGE 2020-21 COURSE NAME, CITY, STATE, AVERAGE 2020-21 COURSE NAME, CITY, STATE, AVERAGE 2020-21 COURSE NAME, CITY, STATE, AVERAGE RANK ARCHITECT, YEAR OPENED SCORE RANK ARCHITECT, YEAR OPENED SCORE RANK ARCHITECT, YEAR OPENED SCORE RANK ARCHITECT, YEAR OPENED SCORE 1 - PINE VALLEY PINE VALLEY, NJ 97.35 26 5 Camargo CINCINNATI, OH 62.96 50 8 Wade Hampton CASHIERS, NC 52.56 75 3 Baltimore (Five Farms East) 46.91 GEORGE CRUMP/H.S. COLT, 1918 SETH RAYNOR, 1926 TOM FAZIO, 1987 BALTIMORE, MD A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1926 2 - CYPRESS POINT PEBBLE 97.14 27 9 California Club of San 62.90 51 22 Muirfield Village DUBLIN, OH 52.54 76 NEW! White Bear Yacht Club WHITE 46.75 BEACH, CA ALISTER MACKENZIE, 1928 Francisco SO. SAN FRANCISCO, CA JACK NICKLAUS/DESMOND MUIRHEAD, 1974 BEAR LAKE, MN WILLIAM WATSON, 1915 A.V. MACAN, 1926/ALISTER MACKENZIE, 1928/ 3 1 SHINNECOCK HILLS 92.87 KYLE PHILLIPS, 2007 52 2 Old Sandwich PLYMOUTH, MA 52.10 77 30 Streamsong (Red) STREAMSONG, 46.74 SOUTHAMPTON, NY TOOMEY & FLYNN, 1931 BILL COORE/BEN CRENSHAW, 2004 FL BILL COORE/BEN CRENSHAW, 2012 28 6 Southern Hills TULSA, OK 60.57 PERRY MAXWELL, 1936 78 NEW! St. Louis ST. LOUIS, MO 46.46 4 1 NATIONAL GOLF LINKS 91.47 53 9 Eastward Ho! CHATHAM, MA 51.76 C.B. MACDONALD, 1914 OF AMERICA SOUTHAMPTON, NY HERBERT FOWLER, 1922 C.B. MACDONALD, 1911 29 6 Maidstone EAST HAMPTON, NY 60.07 JOHN PARK/WILLIE PARK JR., 1922 79 NEW! Kingsley KINGSLEY, MI 46.38 54 21 Olympic (Lake) DALY CITY, CA 51.73 OAKMONT, PA MIKE DEVRIES, 2001 5 1 OAKMONT 86.22 SAM WHITING, 1924 HENRY FOWNES, 1903 30 7 Bethpage (Black) FARMINGDALE, 59.93 NY A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1935 80 NEW! Sheep Ranch BANDON, OR 46.33 55 7 Valley Club of Montecito 51.67 AUGUSTA, BILL COORE/BEN CRENSHAW, 2020 6 3 AUGUSTA NATIONAL 84.93 MONTECITO, CA GA ALISTER MACKENZIE/BOBBY JONES, 1933 31 6 Kiawah Island (Ocean) 59.51 ALISTER MACKENZIE/ROBERT HUNTER, 1929 KIAWAH ISLAND, SC PETE DYE, 1991 81 20 Shadow Creek LAS VEGAS, NV 46.02 SAND HILLS MULLEN, NE 84.46 TOM FAZIO, 1990 7 2 56 13 Piping Rock LOCUST VALLEY, NY 51.38 BILL COORE/BEN CRENSHAW, 1994 NEW! 59.21 32 Ohoopee Match Club C.B. MACDONALD, 1911 COBBTOWN, GA 82 NEW! Prairie Club (Dunes) VALENTINE, 46.00 - MERION (EAST) 82.44 GIL HANSE, 2018 NE TOM LEHMAN/CHRIS BRANDS, 2010 8 Plainfield PLAINFIELD, NJ 51.28 ARDMORE, PA HUGH WILSON, 1912 57 3 DONALD ROSS, 1916 33 11 Inverness TOLEDO, OH 59.12 83 NEW! Hollywood DEAL, NJ 45.83 FISHERS ISLAND 81.09 DONALD ROSS, 1919/ANDREW GREEN, 2017 WALTER TRAVIS, 1915 9 2 Kittansett MARION, MA 51.09 FISHERS ISLAND, NY SETH RAYNOR, 1926 58 8 WILLIAM FLYNN/FRED HOOD, 1922 34 8 Ballyneal HOLYOKE, CO 58.95 84 13 Newport NEWPORT, RI 45.81 PEBBLE BEACH PEBBLE BEACH, 79.64 TOM DOAK, 2006 WILLIAM F. DAVIS, 1899/A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1924 10 3 Pasatiempo SANTA CRUZ, CA 50.50 CA JACK NEVILLE/DOUGLAS GRANT, 1919 59 6 ALISTER MACKENZIE, 1929 35 11 Oakland Hills (South) 58.43 85 9 Monterey Peninsula (Dunes) 45.49 11 1 Pinehurst (No. 2) PINEHURST, NC 78.86 BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI PEBBLE BEACH, CA SETH RAYNOR, 1924/ 60 NEW! Pikewood National MORGANTOWN, 50.42 DONALD ROSS, 1907 DONALD ROSS, 1917/ROBERT TRENT TOM FAZIO/JACKSON KAHN, 2015 WV J. ROBERT GWYNNE/JOHN RAESE, 2009 JONES SR., 1950 NEW! 12 1 Los Angeles (North) 77.68 NEW! Glens Falls QUEENSBURY, NY 45.45 61 Gamble Sands BREWSTER, WA 50.36 86 LOS ANGELES, CA 36 60 Sleepy Hollow SCARBOROUGH, NY 57.89 DONALD ROSS, 1920 DAVID MCLAY KIDD, 2014 GEORGE C. THOMAS JR., 1921 C.B. MACDONALD/SETH RAYNOR, 1913/ A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1929/GIL HANSE, 2017 T87 NEW! Lawsonia (Links) GREEN LAKE, WI 45.00 62 28 The Creek LOCUST VALLEY, NY 50.29 13 8 Friar’s Head BAITING HOLLOW, NY 75.14 BILL LANGFORD/TED MOREAU, 1930 C.B. MACDONALD/SETH RAYNOR, 1923 BILL COORE/BEN CRENSHAW, 2003 37 12 Peachtree ATLANTA, GA 57.72 NEW! ROBERT TRENT JONES SR./BOBBY JONES, 1947 T87 Wolf Point LA HOOD, TX 45.00 15 Honors Course OOLTEWAH, TN 50.00 14 2 Chicago WHEATON, IL 75.07 63 MIKE NUZZO, 2008 PETE DYE, 1983 C.B. MACDONALD, 1895/SETH RAYNOR, 1923 38 8 Bandon Trails BANDON, OR 56.76 BILL COORE/BEN CRENSHAW, 2005 89 8 Aronimink NEWTON SQUARE, PA 44.91 Essex County MANCHESTER- 15 3 Winged Foot (West) 74.44 64 18 49.43 DONALD ROSS, 1928 BY-THE-SEA, MA DONALD ROSS, 1917 MAMARONECK, NY 39 - Quaker Ridge SCARSDALE, NY 55.87 A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1923 A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1926 90 NEW! Mountain Ridge WEST CALDWELL, 44.29 65 24 Moraine KETTERING, OH 49.41 NJ DONALD ROSS, 1929 ALEX CAMPBELL, 1930 16 1 Crystal Downs FRANKFORT, MI 73.42 40 3 Oak Hill (East) PITTSFORD, NY 55.57 ALISTER MACKENZIE/PERRY MAXWELL, 1932 DONALD ROSS, 1921/ANDREW GREEN, 2020 91 39 Sand Valley (Sand Valley) 44.13 66 9 Old Macdonald BANDON, OR 49.34 NEKOOSA, WI 17 3 Riviera 72.84 41 18 Old Town WINSTON-SALEM, NC 55.50 TOM DOAK/JIM URBINA, 2010 BILL COORE/BEN CRENSHAW, 2017 PACIFIC PALISADES, CA PERRY MAXWELL, 1939 GEORGE C. THOMAS JR./BILLY BELL SR., 1926 67 - Monterey Peninsula (Shore) 49.09 92 NEW! Pinehurst (No. 4) PINEHURST, NC 44.12 42 2 The Golf Club NEW ALBANY, OH 55.49 PEBBLE BEACH, CA DONALD ROSS, 1919/GIL HANSE, 2017 BOB BALDOCK, 1962/MIKE STRANTZ, 2004 18 1 Prairie Dunes HUTCHINSON, KS 72.26 PETE DYE, 1967 PERRY MAXWELL, 1937/PRESS MAXWELL, 1957 93 NEW! Palmetto AIKEN, SC 43.75 43 20 Myopia Hunt Club SO. HAMILTON, 55.21 68 12 Bel-Air LOS ANGELES, CA 48.85 H.C. LEEDS, 1897/ALISTER MACKENZIE, 1933 GEORGE C. THOMAS JR./WILLIAM F. BELL, 1926 19 2 Pacific Dunes BANDON, OR 71.30 MA H.C. LEEDS, 1898 TOM DOAK, 2001 T94 26 Nanea KAILUA-KONA, HI 43.33 44 12 Bandon Dunes BANDON, OR 54.93 69 32 Baltusrol (Lower) SPRINGFIELD, NJ 48.38 DAVID MCLAY KIDD, 2003 A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1922 20 6 Seminole JUNO BEACH, FL 71.00 DAVID MCLAY KIDD, 1999 DONALD ROSS, 1929 T94 30 Streamsong (Blue) STREAMSONG, 43.33 45 15 TPC Sawgrass (Players 54.45 70 25 Gozzer Ranch HARRISON, ID 48.16 FL TOM DOAK, 2012 21 5 San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, CA 69.81 Stadium) PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL TOM FAZIO, 2007 A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1918 PETE DYE, 1981 96 NEW! Sand Valley (Mammoth Dunes) 43.08 71 13 Milwaukee RIVER HILLS, WI 48.11 NEKOOSA, WI DAVID MCLAY KIDD, 2018 22 - The Country Club 68.42 46 5 Winged Foot (East) 53.81 H.S. COLT/C.H. ALISON, 1929 (Clyde/Squirrel) BROOKLINE, MA MAMARONECK, NY A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1923 97 21 Sebonack SOUTHAMPTON, NY 42.75 NEW! TCC MEMBERS/WILLIE CAMPBELL, 1899 72 Congaree RIDGELAND, SC 48.10 JACK NICKLAUS/TOM DOAK, 2006 47 9 Yeamans Hall HANAHAN, SC 53.27 TOM FAZIO, 2017 23 15 Somerset Hills BERNARDSVILLE, 65.85 SETH RAYNOR, 1925 98 7 Calusa Pines NAPLES, FL 42.71 NJ A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1918 73 28 Harbour Town HILTON HEAD, SC 47.46 MICHAEL HURDZAN/DANA FRY, 2001 48 17 Rock Creek Cattle Company 53.10 PETE DYE/JACK NICKLAUS, 1969 24 3 Shoreacres LAKE BLUFF, IL 65.33 DEER LODGE, MT TOM DOAK, 2008 99 16 Baltusrol (Upper) SPRINGFIELD, NJ 42.70 SETH RAYNOR, 1921 74 11 Ridgewood (W/E) PARAMUS, NJ 47.43 A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1922 49 21 Whistling Straits (Straits) 52.58 A.W. TILLINGHAST, 1929 1 Garden City GARDEN CITY, NY 64.62 25 HAVEN, WI PETE DYE, 1998 100 27 Cherry Hills CHERRY HILLS 42.50 DEVEREUX EMMET, 1899/WALTER TRAVIS, 1906 Previous page: Jeffrey Westbrook page: Jeffrey Previous VILLAGE, CO WILLIAM FLYNN, 1923 102 GOLF.COM / November-December 2020 103 T OP 1OO COURSE S in THE U.S. 202020 2021 NATIONAL TREASURES Our 2020 ranking of the best courses in the U.S.A. presents an inescapable conclusion: America possesses an incredibly diverse landscape perfectly suited for golf By Ran Morrissett America offers an amazing—dare I say, unmatched—golf pal- ette. Unlike in other great golf countries with enviable regions (like Australia and its Sandbelt or Scotland with its linksland), Athe U.S. golf landscape can’t be pegged to a single type of geog- raphy. Additionally, it has welcomed scores of architects over the years willing to adapt to this topographical tapestry. Add it all up and it is an embarrassment of course riches. This point was driven home this summer. After three straight months of “Covid togetherness,” my wife urged me to get back on the road. During one excursion across this great land, on back-to-back days in July, I played Trinity Forest, built on Ballyneal reclaimed land just south of urban Dallas, and Sand Hollow HOLYOKE, CO in southern Utah, whose back nine famously plays along the U.S.